Mr Richard D Donald, instructed by Kent Tam & Co
HCCC 50B/2014
HCCC 50/2014
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO 50 OF 2014
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Transcript of the Audio Recording
of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: The jury by its verdict has found you guilty of trafficking in a dangerous drug, being ketamine.
You operated from the room on the 3rd Floor in the Kwong Hing Building. It was clear that you operated a drug-trafficking business from there where you would sell and supply drugs to others that was clearly evidenced by the quantity of drugs, the digital scale and the quantity of 225 resealable plastic bags for packaging and supplying the drugs. It was also evident the consumption of drugs took place in the room, as the police found a folded $100 bill with a straw containing a quantity of ketamine inside it. Despite being on CSSA, $8,000 was found in your room and it would appear it was the proceeds of your drug-trafficking activity. I find that no meaningful mitigation can be advanced on your behalf and accordingly I will apply the tariff case of Secretary for Justice v Hii Siew Cheng [2009] 1 HKLRD 1 which sets the scale of sentences that should be imposed, depending upon the quantity of drugs involved with respect to ketamine. The applicable starting point for the quantity of drugs as charged is 7 years and 10 months’ imprisonment. I see no reason to depart from or reduce the starting point and accordingly I sentence you to a term of imprisonment of 7 years and 10 months.
You operated from the room on the 3rd Floor in the Kwong Hing Building. It was clear that you operated a drug-trafficking business from there where you would sell and supply drugs to others that was clearly evidenced by the quantity of drugs, the digital scale and the quantity of 225 resealable plastic bags for packaging and supplying the drugs. It was also evident the consumption of drugs took place in the room, as the police found a folded $100 bill with a straw containing a quantity of ketamine inside it. Despite being on CSSA, $8,000 was found in your room and it would appear it was the proceeds of your drug-trafficking activity.
I find that no meaningful mitigation can be advanced on your behalf and accordingly I will apply the tariff case of Secretary for Justice v Hii Siew Cheng [2009] 1 HKLRD 1 which sets the scale of sentences that should be imposed, depending upon the quantity of drugs involved with respect to ketamine.
The applicable starting point for the quantity of drugs as charged is 7 years and 10 months’ imprisonment.
I see no reason to depart from or reduce the starting point and accordingly I sentence you to a term of imprisonment of 7 years and 10 months.